Containing at least one absolutely perfect track, this exceptionally beautiful and eccentric album features older and more recent music found outside Java's capital. "Stambul Bila," from the modern repertoire, sounds both geographically specific and nearly universal at once. A solo trumpet that immediately suggests Mexican mariachi introduces a 3-D fabric of tempos played by a rigorously loose stratification of xylophones, drums, and gongs. Chinese violins and a flute flutter above and below, commenting and cajoling the male and female singers, who alternate verses. "A funny thing about trains," sings Mama Ong cryptically, "they're so long but there's no horse. A funny thing about my sweetheart," she continues. "He walks past again and again." The faux-Latin trumpet continues its festive air until a Hawaiian steel guitar suddenly drifts in like a dream of Nigerian juju music, elevating this wild interisland Dixieland-gamelan experience into sublimity for more than nine minutes. The rest of the album is nearly as great. --Richard Gehr
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Gambang Kromong comes from a virtually invisible part of the capital of Indonesia that most people have forgotten. Both performers and audience for this music today live at the edges of Jakarta and in the towns and semi-rural areas beyond. The music is wonderfully disorienting. It combines Indonesian, Chinese, and sometimes European-derived instruments in musical styles, at times reminiscent of gamelan music and at other times recalls small-group jazz of the 1920s and 1930s. "Don't miss the modern stuff-- a Dixieland-gamelan head trip you have to hear..." -- The Village Voice
Music Of Indonesia 3: Music From The Outskirts Of Jakarta,Various Artists,Smithsonian Folkways,Asia,Ethnic,Gamelan,Indigenous,Indonesia,Indonesian,Int'l & World Music,Pacific Islands,Pop,Traditional Chinese,World Music
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ASIN: B000001DIU Release Date: 1992-07-13 |
Tracks:
- Lagu Lama (Old Repertoire): Pobin Kong Ji Lok - Gambang Kromong Irama Bersatu/Hok
- Lagu Lama (Old Repertoire): Pobin Pe Pan Tau-Gula Ganting-Lopan Ce Cu Teng - Masnah/Gambang Kromong Irama Bersatu/Hok
- Lagu Lama (Old Repertoire): Pobin Pe Pan Tau-Mas Nona-Lopan Tukang Sado - Masnah/Gambang Kromong Irama Bersatu/Hok
- Lagu Lama (Old Repertoire): Pobin Poa Si Li Tan-Poa Si Li Tan-Pobin Poa Si Li Tan - Masnah/Gambang Kromong Irama Bersatu/Hok
- Lagu Lama (Old Repertoire): Pobin Pe Pan Tau-Burung Nori-Lopan Seng Kyok - Masnah/Gambang Kromong Irama Bersatu/Hok
- Lagu Sayur (Modern Repertoire): Balo-Balo - Mama Ong/Gambang Kromong Slendang Betawi/Ustari
- Lagu Sayur (Modern Repertoire): Stambul Bila - Mama Ong/Gambang Kromong Slendang Betawi/Ustari
- Lagu Sayur (Modern Repertoire): Onde-Onde - Mama Ong/Gambang Kromong Slendang Betawi/Ustari
- Lagu Sayur (Modern Repertoire): Stambul Lama - Mama Ong/Gambang Kromong Slendang Betawi/Ustari
- Lagu Sayur (Modern Repertoire): Cinta Manis - Grup Tanjidor Kembang Ros/Sarna
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Containing at least one absolutely perfect track, this exceptionally beautiful and eccentric album features older and more recent music found outside Java's capital. "Stambul Bila," from the modern repertoire, sounds both geographically specific and nearly universal at once. A solo trumpet that immediately suggests Mexican mariachi introduces a 3-D fabric of tempos played by a rigorously loose stratification of xylophones, drums, and gongs. Chinese violins and a flute flutter above and below, commenting and cajoling the male and female singers, who alternate verses. "A funny thing about trains," sings Mama Ong cryptically, "they're so long but there's no horse. A funny thing about my sweetheart," she continues. "He walks past again and again." The faux-Latin trumpet continues its festive air until a Hawaiian steel guitar suddenly drifts in like a dream of Nigerian juju music, elevating this wild interisland Dixieland-gamelan experience into sublimity for more than nine minutes. The rest of the album is nearly as great. --Richard GehrAlbum Description
Gambang Kromong comes from a virtually invisible part of the capital of Indonesia that most people have forgotten. Both performers and audience for this music today live at the edges of Jakarta and in the towns and semi-rural areas beyond. The music is wonderfully disorienting. It combines Indonesian, Chinese, and sometimes European-derived instruments in musical styles, at times reminiscent of gamelan music and at other times recalls small-group jazz of the 1920s and 1930s. "Don't miss the modern stuff-- a Dixieland-gamelan head trip you have to hear..." -- The Village VoiceCustomer Reviews:
Add this album to your CD collection!.......2000-07-01
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